Greg Bleakley Greg, a self-taught wood artist, started with the basics and grew in love and interest as he refined his skills in sanding, shaping, and polishing until the wood achieved a near-luminous finish. He especially enjoys combining wood and resin, enhancing each until they form a beautifully usable work of art. The process is […]
Jack Kinnear Jack enjoyed salvaging house parts as a sideline during his career as a renovation contractor in the Atlanta area. Retired, he enjoys building with these reclaimed woods and other materials to create functional art for the home or office. Jack remarks, “My passion for vintage house parts spurs my creative ability to convert […]
Mark Lipscomb After a 32-year career in management at Georgia Power, Mark Lipscomb embraced retirement with purpose—helping launch a successful charter school, building a home for his daughter and granddaughter, and enjoying plenty of golf. Eventually, he slowed down and found joy in woodworking. In his small workshop, Mark began crafting pens, knives, wine stoppers, […]
Susan Edwards A Lake Oconee area resident and a lifelong lover of art. Susan builds her whimsical, three-dimensional fish using reclaimed, recycled, burnt and painted wood, deconstructed antiques and more. She created her first fish from a broken 60-year old golf course bench and she’s been having a blast ever since. It’s fun when people […]
Don Bundrick A self-taught artist, Don Bundrick of Watkinsville, creates from native woods that surround his home and studio. He uses vivid colors, unusual finishes, hand-carves embellishments and found objects to add intrigue to his rustic architecturally detailed furniture art. Each piece is a heirloom with priceless quality in design and construction. Enjoy his skewed […]
Larry McDougald Larry uses locally harvested woods with exceptional grain and character to produce hand-crafted benches, tables, and other furniture pieces that project a highly organic feel. Each piece is unique in design and sure to become a family heirloom because they are solid wood. Larry is proud of this “green” approach, depending primarily on […]
Sid Taylor Sid enjoys creating his twig vases out of thrown away branches and fallen wood from his neighborhood. To him, they represent the many patterns of local hardwoods and become even more appealing when displayed with grasses, twig and flowers. Sid chooses to leave the bark on the vase so the true nature of […]
Verle Schneider Working together with wood as a family started Verle’s love for the art. His creative interest is broad – from bowl and bark bowl turning to segmented bowls. He enjoys the challenge of piecing together each segment into a one-of-a-kind bowl or vessel. His bowls are sure to become a family heirloom. […]
Alan Etter While serving as a Career Naval Officer, Alan had the opportunity to learn the art of carving decoys from a long-time hunter and carver mentor. Although he can carve hunting decoys, Alan enjoys the decorative duck carvings more. His basswood decoys are hand-carved and hand-painted. No two are exactly alike. With just a […]
Mike Zimmer Originally from Louisiana, Mike is a Cajun cook by trade. His talent is hand-carving food-safe wooden bowls out of Georgia native woods. These reclaimed pieces are carved into primitive and functional works of art. Mike enjoys telling the stories of where he found each piece of wood he uses. Mike’s art pieces are […]
